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4 HAY ELBVATOR AND CARRIER. No. 299,800. Paten-ted June 3, 1884.

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ARMON H. KING AND ALFRED iE. KING, OF OLAYVILLE, NEW YORK.

HY ELEVATOR AND CARmER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,800, dated June 3, 1884.

Application filed April 23, `1884. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, A. H. KING and A. E. KING, both citizens of the United States and residents of Olayville, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useullmprovements in Hay Elevators and Carriers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in whichw Figure l is a perspective view of our improved hay elevator and carrier. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of the stop, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the several parts of the stop separated.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Our invention has relation to hay elevators and carriers 5 and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the rod or rope upon which the carriage travels, which consists of two side pieces, B, forming a bell-shaped flange, C, at their lower edges, and in which the pulleys Dwhich travel upon the rod are journaled, between the upper edges of the side pieces. E is an eye 'to which one end of the elevator-rope is secured, with its headed shank, F, between two lips G, having each a notch, H, in their edges, which notches clasp the shank and hold it, allowing it to swivel in the bearing formed by them. These lips are in one end of the lower edges of the side pieces, and a pulley, I, is journaled in the other end, over which pulley the rope passes after having passed through the block J, to which the fork is attached. The upper portion of the block .I is provided with the usual headed shank, K, which is held vby the catch L when the block is hoisted up to the carrier and has been guided by the bell-shaped ange into the catch. The catch L consists of an irregularlyshaped block pivoted upon a bolt, M, passing through theside pieces, and the edge of the block is recessed at one side, as shown at N, adapted to receive the headed shank of the hoisting-block, and the lower end ofV this recess is slotted longitudinally at O, the slot being open at thev outer side,so that the shank of the hoisting-block may slide into the slot, while the head of the shank will be too large to pass through the same, and will bear against the inner side of the slotted side, holding the block and its load supported.

For the purpose of preventing the-catchblock from turning upon its bolt when the headed shank is caught in it, the block has an upwardly-facing shoulder, P, upon the side opposite to the recessfand the lower end of a trigger-block, Q, will engage the said shoulder when the headed shank is caught, the lower end of the trigger-block'being weighted and the block being pivoted above and slightly to one side of the catch-block. The upper end of the trigger-block is beveled upon the inwardly-facing side, and a weighted catchblock, R, is pivoted above and to the other side of the catch-block L, having its inwardlypointing end weighted and its outwardlypointing end turned slightly upward, forming an inwardly-beveled catch, S. A stop, T, is secured to the end of the rope or track above the place where the hay is unloaded, and con'l sists of a long block, U, having a beveled catch or shoulder, Y, at its outer end, and having a shoulder, W, near its inner end, and the upper side of the said block has a longitudinal groove, X, which iits around the rope or rod forming the track. The inner end of the long block inside the shoulder is provided with a longitudinal rib or feather, Y, which ts into a longitudinal slot, Z, in the outer end of a block, A', having a recess, B, in its upperv side which clamps the under side of the long block and two laterally-projecting ears, G', one of which has a female threaded perforation, D', while the other ear has a perforation, E. A block, F', having two laterally-projecting ears, G', fits with its recess H over the rope or rod forming the track and over the upper side of the long block, clamping the said track and the block between it, and the lower block having the ears, and one of the ears of the upper block forms a down- IOO wardly and outwardly projecting hook, I', which iits into the slnooth perforation in the earof the lower block, being caught in it,and the other ear has a female threaded perforation, J', into which iits and turns a screw, K, which turns inthe threaded perforation of the ear of the lower block, the said screw serving to draw the two clamping-blocks together after the hook has been inserted into the perforation in the ear of the lower block, clamping the long block and the track.

Vhen the carrier rests upon the track over the load to be unloaded, the outer beveled shoulder of the long stop-block T bears with its inner side against the upturned end of the weighted catch-block l, thus preventing the carrier frein moving away from its position, and the weighted end of the trigger-block Q will catch against the shoulder upon the recessed cateh-block L when the shank of the hoisting-block has entered the recess in the catch-block and been caught bythe slotted lower side of the recess. XVhen now the hoisting-rope is pulled for the purpose of drawing the carrier along the track to the place where the load is to be dumped, the shank of the hoisting-block is forced to bear against the upper side of the recess in the catch-block, tilting the upper portion of the said block upward and slightly outward, and the said upper portion being eccentric and of alarger radius than the other portions of the block, it will raise the weighted end of the weighted eatchblock, lowering the outer end of the same sufficiently to allow it to pass under the shoulder upon the outer end of the stop-block, allowing the carrier to pass freely to its destination.

Having"thus described our invention, we

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statesl. In a hay elevator and carrier, the conibination of the stop-block having a beveled shoulder at its outer end and ashoulder at its inner end,with the carrier having the recessed catch-block provided with an upwardly-facili g shoulder,thc weighted trigger-block having the beveled upper end, the weighted catch block having the upwardly-turned outer end, and the hoisting-block having the headed shank7 the upper portion of the catch-block being the most eccentric, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The stop for the track of a hay carrier and elevator, consisting of the long block having a beveled shoulder at its outer end, a shoulder having a longitudinal rib at its inner end and a longitudinal groove in its upper side, the lower clamping-block having a slot in its outer end and provided witha laterally-projecting ear having a threaded perforation, and a laterally-projecting earhaving a smooth perforation, the lower clamping-block having a laterally-projecting ear provided at its outer end with a downwardly and outwardly projecting hook, and a laterally-projecting ear having a threaded perforation, and the screw passing through the threaded perforations, all constructed and combined as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

ln testiniony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereunto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ARMON H. KING. ALFRED E. KING. fitnessesr XVILLIAM H. BAnNn'rr, .Linus POTTER. 

